Families will be hit hard by changes in Midlothian, who could see home to school transport withdrawn in some areas as well as an end to youth work support, free swimming lessons and the active schools team.

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Every council department has been asked to provide proposals for cuts to non-statutory services with senior officers drawing up an overview of which ones will balance the books for the coming year.

They include closing Glencorse Primary School, in Milton Bridge, where rolls have fallen, and launching a consultation over the future of the seven Roman Catholic primary schools and one secondary school St Davids in Dalkeith, which has pupils from the county and neighbouring East Lothian.

Supporting the proposal council officers said that while some of the Roman Catholic schools are at capacity the number of Roman Catholic children attending them is reducing.

They said: “The total capacity of these schools is considerably higher than the number of Roman Catholic children attending them.”

The full details of Midlothian Council’s budget proposals can be found on their website.